Jess Kinghorn

Jess Kinghorn

Hardware Writer

Jess has been writing about games for over ten years, spending the last seven working on print publications PLAY and Official PlayStation Magazine. When she’s not writing about all things hardware here, she’s getting cosy with a horror classic, ranting about a cult hit to a captive audience, or tinkering with some tabletop nonsense.

Latest articles by Jess Kinghorn

A promotional screenshot from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III. In a multiplayer mode, a skeletal player character with purple glowing eyes is flanked by two other armed operatives.

'I had my fun' says hacker who used Call of Duty anti-cheat exploit to ban 'thousands upon thousands' of innocent players

By Jess Kinghorn published

news Catching strays.

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Depressed Teenage Girl Lying On Bed At Home Looking At Mobile Phone

Australia proposes social media ban for everyone under the age of 16, citing concerns about young people's mental wellbeing

By Jess Kinghorn published

News But is it really all social media's fault?

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A chat log between the writer and an AI chatbot pretending to be a future version of herself.

I chatted to an MIT-built AI version of my future, 60-year-old self and we did NOT get along

By Jess Kinghorn published

News Leaving my future self on read.

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Bees working on honeycomb.

Meta's nuclear-powered AI ambitions appear to have been thwarted by a swarm of bees

By Jess Kinghorn published

News 'Not the bees!' says Meta, probably.

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An illustration of a silhouetted thief in motion running while carrying a stolen fingerprint. This could represent individuality, identity, privacy concerns, or a concept of personal data being in motion or at risk. The combination of the human form with the unique identifier of a fingerprint offers a visual metaphor for themes such as identity theft, digital security, or the trace we leave behind in a digital age. The overall aesthetic is bold and dynamic, fitting for topics of cybersecurity, personal identity, or discussions about the intersection of humanity and technology.

Hackers hijack over 16,000 TP-Link network devices, creating a big ol' botnet that's absolutely slamming Microsoft Azure accounts

By Jess Kinghorn published

News When was the last time you turned it off and on again?

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Shanghai, China - August 18th 2023: ByteDance's AI chatbot 'Doubao' app on screen.

Still cringing about your first internship? At least you didn't try to sabotage an AI project from one of China's biggest tech firms

By Jess Kinghorn published

News A little worse than a coffee run disaster.

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The words 'Ayaneo 3' in white loom in the centre of a black void. The '3' is noticeably bigger than the other text.

Ayaneo is desperate for you to feel the hype for its upcoming handheld, declaring 'The future has arrived'

By Jess Kinghorn published

News About time or a little premature?

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Group of diverse young friends checking their mobile phones together while standing in front of a purple wall

I'm #62935 on the waitlist for Daze, an expressive messenger app that's already got over 150,000 signups

By Jess Kinghorn published

News Does Daze have its head in the clouds, or do I?

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A black, New-style Nintendo 3DS sits on a wooden table. The lower screen shows the handheld console's touchscreen keyboard. The upper clamshell screen show the Windows 95 startup logo.

Cast your eyes upon this deeply cursed setup: Windows 95 on a hacked Nintendo 3DS

By Jess Kinghorn published

News It runs. Just.

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A custom built, lime green ZX Spectrum rests on a 3D printed stand of the same striking shade.

It's alive! YouTuber shows how ZX Spectrum can be resurrected using only new parts

By Jess Kinghorn published

News Everything old can be made new again.

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A line of four nuclear power plant cooling towers are foregrounded by numerous powerlines.

Amazon follows Google's lead to invest in small nuclear reactors, making for a headline that feels dreamt up in the '50s

By Jess Kinghorn published

News I'm not really feeling this energy.

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Through the void of space, someone wearing the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit suit approaches.

Not just a fashion statement: Prada enters the space race, co-designing suit for Artemis III moon mission

By Jess Kinghorn published

News Though their involvement is only skin deep.

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BERLIN, GERMANY - APRIL 22: The logo of the webbrowser Google Chrome is shown on the display of a smartphone on April 22, 2020 in Berlin, Germany.

Google Chrome update creates permissions nightmare for ad blockers, rendering uBlock Origin inaccessible on newer Chromebooks

By Jess Kinghorn published

News Ad-blocking stalwarts begin to crumble in the face of Manifest V3.

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A line of four nuclear power plant cooling towers are foregrounded by numerous powerlines.

Google's AI dream will be powered by miniature nuclear reactors in 'world first' deal, though the timeline seems optimistic at best

By Jess Kinghorn published

News Okay Google, why does the phrase 'nuclear power startup' give me The Fear?

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An Ecovacs Deebot X2 sits in a white void. A camera is clearly visible on the frontmost rectangular panel.

Robot vacuum cleaners are being hacked to spy on your family, chase pets, hurl verbal abuse, and the makers claim users 'do not need to worry excessively about this'

By Jess Kinghorn published

News Giving new meaning to 'sucking up dirt.'

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A Cybercab vehicle takes passengers at Tesla's We, Robot event.

Elon Musk wants your Tesla to have a mind of its own—and that includes driving off without you

By Jess Kinghorn published

News Car-n't you believe it?

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A strange machine made up of many symmetrical, white and gold cabinets containing computer fans. Neatly organised, white wires trail from an embossed central unit made of brass to these fan cabinets either side. The entire machine is mounted on a brick wall.

Artists teach a choir of GPU fans to sing with AI and the result is not as soulless as you might think

By Jess Kinghorn published

News More than just hot air?

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A promotional mock up image illustrating the intended holographic effect of the Coolify Holo Fan.

Anime fans rejoice! World's first holo fan allows you to rep your best girls in style

By Jess Kinghorn published

News To weeb or not to weeb, that is the question.

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Attendees at the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses 2nd generation demo area during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. Meta Platforms Inc. introduced its latest lineup of head-worn devices, staking fresh claim to the virtual- and augmented-reality industry just ahead of Apple Inc. pushing into the market. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Harvard students make utterly dystopic smart glasses that can instantly dox anyone they see

By Jess Kinghorn published

News Cyberpunk dystopia and sci fi fashion moment all in one sleek wearable.

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A lone figure strides through a futuristic atrium, all illuminated by Unreal Engine 5.5's new MegaLights tech.

Unreal Engine 5.5’s MegaLights allows devs to use "orders of magnitude more" light sources—even on older hardware

By Jess Kinghorn published

News Even shinier, but perhaps not even more demanding.

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A large laptop fitted with a desktop RTX 4090 inside it.

Modder puts desktop-grade RTX 4090 card into custom laptop. Machine weighs as much as small dog

By Jess Kinghorn published

News And you’ve got to keep this puppy leashed to a power supply at all times.

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